What this actually costs
Most companies in this industry make you sit through a sales visit to hear a number. We'd rather you find out in thirty seconds and decide for yourself.
Not sure of your footage? Pace out the front of the house and double it for a rough number — a 2,400 sq ft two-story usually lands around 180–220 ft once the gables and garage are included.
Real numbers, not a teaser. Utah installs run roughly $20–$40 per linear foot depending on height, roof complexity and how much of the house you light. Your written quote is firm and comes from an actual tape measure, not this slider.
How permanent lighting is priced
Everything is quoted per linear foot of roofline — the total run of eave, gable, peak, dormer and porch you want lit. Across Utah installers, that runs roughly $20 to $40 per foot installed. Three things move you within that band:
- Height. A single-story ranch is a ladder job. A two-story with steep pitches needs more time and more safety equipment.
- Roof complexity. Straight runs are quick. Dormers, multiple gables, turrets and stepped rooflines mean more cuts, more corners and more channel.
- Coverage. Front elevation only is the cheapest way in. Wrapping the full house, the garage and a detached shop costs more and looks dramatically better.
Typical Wasatch Front projects
| Home | Roofline | Installed |
|---|---|---|
| Single-story ranch, front elevation | 100–140 ft | $2,000 – $4,200 |
| Two-story, front and one side | 160–220 ft | $3,800 – $7,500 |
| Two-story with dormers, full wrap | 240–320 ft | $6,700 – $12,800 |
| Storefront or small commercial | 120–300 ft | $2,600 – $9,600 |
Ranges, not quotes. Your written price comes from a tape measure on site and does not change afterward.
Against what you're paying now
A Wasatch Front crew charges roughly $700 to $1,200 a season to hang and remove traditional lights on an average two-story home, and that price goes up most years because it is pure labor. Ten seasons of that is $7,000 to $12,000 — for lights that work about six weeks a year.
A permanent system at $5,000 breaks even in roughly four to six seasons against hiring it out, and roughly eight against buying strands and hanging them yourself — not counting the weekends, or the ladder.
| Permanent system | Hire a seasonal crew | Hang them yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost, first year | $3,000 – $8,000 | $700 – $1,200 | $300 – $600 |
| Cost, every year after | $0 | $700 – $1,200 (rising) | $100 – $200 |
| Ten-year total | $3,000 – $8,000 | $7,000 – $12,000 | $1,300 – $2,400 |
| Nights lit per year | 365 if you want | about 45 | about 45 |
| Your time on a ladder | none, ever | none | 2 weekends a year |
| Colors | 16 million, any night | whatever they hang | whatever you bought |
| Daytime look | color-matched trim | clips and cords | clips and cords |
| What breaks | lifetime LED warranty | not your problem | a third of the strand |
Swipe the table sideways →
Seasonal-crew figures are what Wasatch Front companies charge for an average two-story home. Permanent figures are our own installed pricing. We've left in the line where permanent costs more, because for the first few years it does.
What's included
- On-site measurement and a firm written quote
- Color-matched channel and all mounting hardware
- Commercial-grade RGB + warm white LEDs
- Controller, hidden wiring and any needed outlet work
- App setup on your phone, with your presets loaded before we leave
- Lifetime LED warranty · 5 years components · 1 year labor
Financing
Most customers pay outright, but we can split a project across payments for larger installs. Ask when we're out measuring — it's a conversation, not a credit application on the website.
Get your firm number
Thirty seconds of estimator is nice. A tape measure is better. We'll come out free and put it in writing.